He touched his wife's arm with that finger, indicating to her that he wanted her to call the engineers again. Then he used the same method of tapping her arm to tell the engineers what to do.

他用手指碰了一下妻子的胳膊，就是在告诉她，他想让她去喊工程师，再用同一方法轻拍她的胳膊，告诉工程师去做什么。

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Kurt wheeled on Lucy and held up a warning finger, indicating that she stay put.

库尔特转向露西伸出一个警告的手指，指示她原地不动。

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He touched his wife's arm with that finger, indicating to her that he wanted her to call the engineers again.

他用这根手指碰了一下妻子的胳膊，让她去打电话，把工程师重新召集起来。

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The company pointed the finger at the commodities complex, indicating that higher salsa, dairy, chicken, and produce costs more than offset declines in avocado prices.

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